What US states allow gay marriage?
var html_compressed = ‘ by Fuzzzy ‘; document.write(html_compressed); var html_compressed = ‘ on May 18th, 2004 ‘; document.write(html_compressed); (Updated Feb. 9, 2005) Gay and lesbian couples may currently marry in one state Massachusetts. Forty states have adopted laws that define marriage as solely a heterosexual union. Seventeen states have enshrined this definition in their constitutions. In 2005, another 19 state legislatures are considering constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage. These laws are modeled after the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which was passed by Congress in 1996 and bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages and allows states to ignore gay marriages performed elsewhere. Four states (Maryland, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Wyoming) have laws or court rulings prohibiting same-sex marriage that predate the federal DOMA. The six states that do not have laws explicitly barring same-sex marriage are Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ne
